Letters to the Editor
Letter: Shannyn Moore wins backing
I find that I am in agreement with both the spirit and most of the substance of Shannyn Moore’s column of Sunday, June 16, which is the first time that has occurred for a very long time. Perhaps if Shannyn would more often support her positions with substantive arguments based on principal and ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter: Young opposed Patriot Act
In Sunday’s (June 16) ADN Shannyn Moore railed against the Patriot Act. She does so with good reason because as Benjamin Franklin said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
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Letter: A fine act by a fine person
Restored faith. On Wednesday, June 12, I mistakenly left my wallet behind at the new Taco King on Boniface. Two hours later, when I discovered it missing, my husband and I went back to see if it had been turned in. It had not, nor was it in the booth where we had eaten.
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Letter: Do the bees a big favor: Stop with the noise of leaf blowers
Oh, the loud monotonous drone of the leaf blower forever one volume and pitch.
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Letter: Let’s bring some common sense to issues of jobs and economy
In response to Paul Krugman’s column (ADN, June 16): As a conservative I am not shouting evil redistribution, but shouting, let’s use common sense.
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Letter: If NSA snooping on us heads off terrorist attack, it’s well worth it
Everyday radio, TV, newspapers, Internet services and others issue reports about the horrible snooping the National Security Agency (NSA) does into citizens’ telephone calls, Internet messages, e-mails, etc.
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Letter: Downtown post office is missed
It is with some sadness I discovered that the downtown Anchorage post office closed forever May 18. A sign directs patrons to the Eastchester branch. As best I can determine Anchorage has had a downtown Post Office since 1915 when early settlers moved from the banks of Ship Creek up to the bluff...
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Letter: Vote against Affordable Care Act hurts families with illnesses
Before going on a hunt in Africa and missing a discussion about the management of oil in Alaska, Congressman Don Young did manage to vote against the Affordable Care Act.
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Letter: Is Board of Game management just an act?
Admittedly, the Board of Game has a tough job balancing a myriad of land use interests while deflecting blame for mess-ups away from itself, which sometimes appears to be its main raison d’etre. I agree with State Rep. Andy Josephson’s note that BOG’s own assessment that its...
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Letter: Don Young delivers for Alaska
Michael Carey’s piece on Representative Young (June 9) was a mean-spirited way to congratulate a man who has dedicated half his life to public service. Carey came off sounding like a bitter old reporter who never got an exclusive. But I digress.
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Letter: Western states want to exploit
Re: “Western senators press Obama to block mine” (ADN June 10). What are we, a third world country to be exploited by powerful outside interests? Who’s state is this anyway that Washington, Oregon and California think they can dictate what we do here?


